The first fourfold coordinated “naked” oxygen atom is, aside from the low oxidation state of the four metal atoms, the special feature of the cluster ion 1 of the title compound. Surprisingly, the μ4-O atom of 1 is protonated only with difficulty by Brønsted acids.
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Schauer et al. (1987) studied this question.
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